greenbeans wrote:JR Hawks wrote:GreenDreamer wrote:If we coul do a deal for Nocioni I'd do it. His contract is the kind where the money DECREASES with every season, which is key. Not to mention I wouldn't be surprised if the Kings immediately bought out Eddie and he came back here after 30 days.... if Eddie was included in the deal.
The bottom line for me is that we need to put together a real playoff roster. That means CONCENTRATING talent in the rotation. It is better to have a guy like Nocioni, who you can play 25 minutes a game, than having dudes who get minutes against team A and don't get them against team B.
Nocioni is a good shooter and a good defender. The Bulls fans were down on him, but the numbers CLEARLY show that the Bulls were MUCH better with him out there than with him on the bench. You have to picture what a guy like him could do in a lineup like ours. Paul and Ray could get a lot more rest, as Noc can play the 3. On a small lineup he has already proven that he can fill in at the 4 spot effectively. Just look at his numbers this season
http://www.82games.com/0809/08CHI8.HTM#bypos
That is getting it done on teh defensive end for your team. Pay specific atention to the opposing 4's eFG. That is the key stat. The Bulls are a bad team, but Noc was keeping his man sub .500 at the four. Put him on our squad and that number drops, as do his points against.
We are going to need some luck to put a Title worthy playoff lineup out there, but a deal like this could help a ton. You have to picture what a guy like him would do when out there with Rondo, Paul, Ray and K.G. How many GREAT looks he would get at the basket, and how effective he could be in helping them in return. People kind of fell in love with what Scal did for us before the injury. Well, keep in mind that Scal is a poor man's Nocioni.
Hopefully we could bring on Marbury and Smith into the rotation as well, at low money. With a Marbury, House, Noc, Smith, Powe bench we would be able to go toe to toe with anyone'
s bench, especially when you consider the quality of our starting lineup. Maybe it is just a pipe dream, but I'd like to see us get this guy. He is a very good player who would play for us in an 8 man rotation.
Looks to me like management is getting cheap again.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA @ you
Were you lauging when our bench got exposed in two losses to the Lakers this year?
You don't lose two key players (P.J. and Posey) on your championship team and not replace them without money being the issue.
